Lillian Gish/Salvador Dali Interview

[Kitty]

I'm linking this Dick Cavett interview for Lillian, but you can stay for the odd man that is Dali. Before Lillian, but not in this video, is a Satchel Paige interview.
https://youtu.be/GO_8m74T50E

[donnie]

That was a nice interview. She was such a good spokesperson for Griffith and for silent film. She was always so approachable and personable, yet you could sense a real intellect and and authority beneath the surface that was impressive.

Salvador Dali—I don't know what to say about that, other than it's about what I might have expected. I didn't really understand a sentence he said, and I don't think Cavett did either, actually. But I did like the anteater—though I got the impression Lillian and Satchel weren't wild about it.

[BettyLouSpence]

Thanks for sharing, Kitty I always enjoy seeing silent stars in their later years speaking about the era: something wistful about it, I guess. That clip from Orphans of the Storm jogged my memory a bit, though it's still (over)due for a rewatch.

Dali's segment was also pretty much what I expected I don't know if he really was that eccentric or partially playing up the character of the eccentric artist. For example, 26 minutes in when Cavett asks him the name of the film where the razor is drawn across the eye, Dali starts talking about it being a "personal question between time and Dali" before giving the name (Un Chien Andalou (1929), in case you missed it). I honestly don't think I understood a single thing he said, not because of his accent but because the answers given didn't really "match" the question.

Re that anteater, I did wince a bit at its rather rough treatment at the beginning.